Who to read first: Ridderbos or Vos?

[ransomed__]

I am trying to decide which book to read first out of Herman Ridderbos’s The Coming of the Kingdom & Geerhardus Vos’s Biblical Theology. Which would you recommend that I read first and why? How would I benefit from reading one before the other?

 

[greenbaggins]

Vos all the way. He will connect up your entire Bible. I did not find Ridderbos nearly as insightful as Vos.

 

[RamistThomist]

Vos. Coming of the Kingdom is too dry. He spends much of his time shadow-boxing dead Germans. His book on Paul is slightly better.

 

[JTB.SDG]

Vos. But you may want to go ahead and just get his systematic that's now available in 5 volumes. Volume 2 is pure gold.

 

[jwithnell]

The G. Vos Biblical Theology was a game changer for me

 

[RamistThomist]

I love Vos but don't start with BT. Read the following instead:
https://www.amazon.com/Geerhardus-V...id=1514152109&sr=8-15&keywords=geerhardus+vos
https://www.amazon.com/Redemptive-H...qid=1514152109&sr=8-3&keywords=geerhardus+vos

 

[greenbaggins]

There is no reason he could not read BT, as long as he realizes that Vos thought in Dutch when he wrote English.

 

[py3ak]

Vos, because he gives an insightful and reasonably comprehensive overview, whereas Ridderbos is more narrowly focused and brings out more detail.

 

[RamistThomist]

There is no reason he could not read BT, as long as he realizes that Vos thought in Dutch when he wrote English.

True. I just don't think BT is as valuable as the others.